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"Drive"
Cover art for "Drive": SZA in black body paint and prosthetics to look like an insect
Song by SZA
from the album Lana
ReleasedDecember 20, 2024
Length3:05
Label
Producer(s)
Music video
"Drive" on YouTube

"Drive" is a song by American singer-songwriter SZA from Lana (2024), the reissue of her second studio album SOS (2022). It was released on December 20, 2024, by Top Dawg Entertainment and RCA Records as the second single from Lana. A music video for the song, starring Ben Stiller, premiered on the same day.

Background and release

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SZA first announced a deluxe edition of her second studio album, SOS (2022), on social media upon the album's release.[1] She continued to reveal more details in 2023; in August, she told Variety that its tracklist would consist of scrapped songs alongside post-album tracks.[2] During promotion for SOS's final single "Snooze", SZA posted two behind-the-scenes clips of its music video on Instagram, each set to unreleased music.[3] One song was "DTM (Diamond Boy)", recorded the same year,[4] while another had a then-unknown name. It had the lyrics "I keep pretending, everyone's as good as me… All my exes still love me / Call me up, he wanna freak."[3][5]

After a long series of delays, SZA revealed the release date of the deluxe edition, titled Lana, to be December 20, 2024.[6] The announcement came with a teaser for the track "Drive", the music video for which was to premiere on the same day.[7] It features filmmaker Ben Stiller, director of the science fiction TV series Severance.[8] Throughout the video, Stiller drives his car on an empty road at night, at one point sticking himself out of the window. Once he alights from the vehicle, the camera pans to a forest where SZA, dressed as a bug using black body paint and prosthetics, is shown. During the clip, a snippet of an upcoming song "Crybaby" plays.[9][10]

Music

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"Drive" was produced by ThankGod4Cody and Billy Lemos.[11]

References

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  1. ^ Calfee, Joel (December 11, 2023). "SZA Teases New Music with Mysterious Farm Photos on Instagram". Harper's Bazaar. Archived from the original on February 23, 2024. Retrieved December 19, 2024.
  2. ^ Richards, Will (February 25, 2023). "SZA to release 10 unheard songs on deluxe version of 'SOS'". NME. Archived from the original on December 11, 2023. Retrieved December 19, 2024.
  3. ^ a b Legaspi, Althea (August 13, 2023). "SZA Teases 'Snooze' Video While Previewing New Song". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on August 25, 2023. Retrieved December 19, 2024.
  4. ^ Conteh, Mankaprr (October 3, 2023). "What's Behind SZA's Biggest Year Yet? Work, Wonder, and 'Weird Shit'". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on February 5, 2024. Retrieved December 19, 2024.
  5. ^ Abraham, Mya (August 14, 2023). "SZA Previews 'Snooze' Music Video And A New Single". VIBE.com. Archived from the original on August 25, 2023. Retrieved December 19, 2024.
  6. ^ Garcia, Jem Aswad,Thania (December 17, 2024). "SZA Drops 'Lana' Teaser Video Starring Ben Stiller, Long-Delayed Album Will Be Released on Friday". Variety. Archived from the original on December 17, 2024. Retrieved December 19, 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  7. ^ "Ben Stiller helps SZA announce release date for SOS deluxe, Lana". The Line of Best Fit. Archived from the original on December 18, 2024. Retrieved December 19, 2024.
  8. ^ "Severance stan SZA secures Ben Stiller for "Drive" video". AV Club. Archived from the original on December 17, 2024. Retrieved December 19, 2024.
  9. ^ Gularte, Alejandra (December 20, 2024). "Turns Out Ben Stiller Also Yearns to SZA While Driving". Vulture. Retrieved December 20, 2024.
  10. ^ Millman, Ethan (December 20, 2024). "Watch Ben Stiller Wistfully Lip-Synch to SZA's 'Drive'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved December 20, 2024.
  11. ^ ThankGod4Cody (December 19, 2024). "DRIVE prod by me & @billylemoss 🏎️💨 ! LANA out Friday 🪵🌳🏕️". Instagram. Retrieved December 19, 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
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